A Treasury-backed review of Britain's transport requirements has now been released. Sir Rod Eddington's study argues that charging motorists by the mile would raise £28 billion a year and help to cut congestion and harmful carbon emissions. He also recommends the expansion of international gateway airports such as Heathrow:
'Sir Rod, the former head of BA, was commissioned by Gordon Brown to look into the long-term future of transport. He has recommended tolls on the busiest roads, calculating they could bring in £28bn a year that could be used to improve the bus and rail systems.
He believed pricing would also put large numbers of motorists off driving altogether, reducing emissions of carbon. But he also complained that more than 28 per cent of flights at Heathrow were delayed by more than 15 minutes, one of the worst records in the EU, and called for the expansion of major airports.'
Yet it isn't reported how the motorists will be charged per mile - this will undoubtedly require car-tracking and monitoring technology - a type of function-creep to introduce this style of incoming surveillance technology.
'Sir Rod, the former head of BA, was commissioned by Gordon Brown to look into the long-term future of transport. He has recommended tolls on the busiest roads, calculating they could bring in £28bn a year that could be used to improve the bus and rail systems.
He believed pricing would also put large numbers of motorists off driving altogether, reducing emissions of carbon. But he also complained that more than 28 per cent of flights at Heathrow were delayed by more than 15 minutes, one of the worst records in the EU, and called for the expansion of major airports.'
Yet it isn't reported how the motorists will be charged per mile - this will undoubtedly require car-tracking and monitoring technology - a type of function-creep to introduce this style of incoming surveillance technology.
'The future of transport: bigger airports, and motorists forced to pay by the mile'
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